Faye+Roe


 * SUMMARY: "Faye," age 19, died December 15, 1979 after an abortion performed in New York by Andre Nehorayoff.**

Abortionist Andre Nehorayoff was disciplined over the abortion death of a patient identified by the medical board as "Patient F." Since other accounts of her death refer to her as "Faye Roe," I will use this pseudonym as well.

Faye was 19 years old when she went to Nehorayoff's office for a [|safe and legal abortion] on December 15, 1979. Nehorayoff failed to record an adequate history or medical exam for Faye.

Nehorayoff left Faye in a recovery room at 2:25 p.m., without any monitoring. When somebody finally checked on her an hour later, she was cyanotic (blue) and had no pulse. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Nehorayoff was also disciplined regarding Patient E, an 18-year-old patient who bled to death after Nehorayoff sent her home in 1983 with a fetal leg still in her uterus.

Nehorayoff's other cases are described [|here].

As you can see from the graph below, abortion deaths were falling dramatically before legalization. This steep fall had been in place for decades. To argue that legalization lowered abortion mortality simply isn't supported by the data.



Sources:
 * New York State Office of Professional Discipline, Report of the Regents Review Committee, Calendar # 12342, Andre Nehorayoff;
 * "Court gives physician another chance to reclaim license," Associated Press, March 24, 2000



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